''Calytrix asperula'', commonly known as brush starflower, is a species of plant in the myrtle family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...

that is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of and can reach as high as . It blooms between September and January producing cream-yellow star-shaped flowers Commonly found on flats and amongst granite outcrops along the south coast in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils over laterite or granite. The species was first described as ''Calycothrix luteola'' by the

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1844 in the work ''Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae''. George Bentham described the plant in 1867 as ''Calytrix asperula'' in the work ''Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae'' in '' Flora Australiensis''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15396025 Plants described in 1867

asperula ''Asperula'', commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 194 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia. Species * ' ...

Flora of Western Australia